Beautiful Work Beautiful Life

Anyone out there fear, resist, or otherwise try to control change? If so, this episode will inspire you to develop and new and accepting relationship with change. Since change is the nature of life itself, when you learn to embrace and invite change, you come into a new alignment with the way life can organize on your behalf. In this episode Laurel and Laurel invite you into a conversation to insp...

What are you doing these days to make your life better? How committed to you to making your life what you want it to be? Do you feel like you can't seem to make the changes you want? Are you trying to change things on the outside, trying to control life around you? We're here to help you think differently about change and how it actually happens. Following Season 1, Awakening to the Beautiful...

As we wrap up Season 1 of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life, Awakening to the Beautiful Work, we're sharing our most popular episode for you to revisit before diving into Season 2, Living in the Beautiful Work -  Your Relationship With You . Taking the time to develop a positive and fulfilling relationship with yourself affects every single aspect of your life - work, other relationships, recreat...

Are you meditating yet? If not, you’ve probably read and heard that not only does meditation provide endless health benefits, it actually gives you time back. How does that work? We use a lot of energy (and ultimately time) dealing with inner conflict, indecision, emotional baggage and other life draining experiences. When you take the time to meditate daily it provides both the opportunity to she...

What we resist persists. What we give our attention to grows. These two laws of nature can help us craft our life when we understand them by exploring them more deeply. When we resist what is happening in our world we feed it energetically. When we ruminate on our problems without solution, they grow in strength. In this podcast from 2021, Laurel and Laurel explore how to work with resistance so t...

You have the power within you to create the quality of life you desire. When we feel overwhelmed, disappointed, conflicted, confused, or distressed by life or specific circumstances, there is always an inner solution to improve our experience and lead us to the kind of circumstances we desire. Laurel shares the transformative practices of what she calls the Inner Power Wheel. This wheel of practic...

It's never too late to plan for a beautiful life. I speak from experience when I share that my beautiful life came in waves, a career I loved began at 40, a wonderful marriage that has fulfilled my dreams began at 51, and the home and garden that daily nourishes my soul was created in my 60s!  Whatever your dreams are, the joy is in the unfolding, the experiencing, the wondering and the...

Most days we move about the world taking for granted the magic of how our body operates to keep us alive, in balance, and aware. When you take the time to tune in to your physical body with appreciation for the many ways it supports and allows you to enjoy and partake in life, you build a platform of gratitude that creates a baseline of resonance for the abundance of what you have in any moment. E...

We're circling back to where we started - why do we do the beautiful work? Many of us decide to begin or continue because of a crisis in our lives or because we are desperate for change. We might find ourselves in emotional turmoil or pain, we may have been in emotional stress for so long that we now find ourselves physically ill. We often begin he beautiful work when life is not beautiful. One da...

Laurel Holland and Laurel Boivin are the co-hosts of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life and coach clients through personal and professional development. Get to know them, learn about their backgrounds, and about the podcast during this short episode. Laurel Boivin's website is fluxlowcoaching.com and Laurel Holland's is liveyourinnerpower.com. The email to send questions to Laurel Boivin is laurel@flux...

We're celebrating our first year of podcasting by chatting about the inner work that makes your life beautiful when you have the courage and self-commitment to dig into this amazing transformative lifestyle! If you're new to the podcast this will give a quick overview of the past 9 months episodes and why we loved them. The email to send questions to Laurel Boivin is laurel@fluxflowcoaching.com an...

How often do you feel stuck in your life? When we are immobilized in our ability to move forward in the ways we desire, there underlies a tug-of-war within you of competing desires and/or beliefs. This meditation guides you inward to uncover what the source of the inner conflict might be that keeps you in place and uncomfortable. With clarity you may be able to communicate and move on.  The e...

Laurel and Laurel happily announce a beautiful offering for gathering together this summer in sacred circle. During this podcast they share the 2 books they'll use for each circle and why they chose these particular self-help books. Each circle will be an opportunity to experience an intimate and inspiring way to create and enjoy community and connection. Links/Books mentioned “the Four Agreements...

We had so much fun sharing some of our favorite books to help you do your beautiful work! There are so many we couldn't get them all in to this one episode, but we've got some really great ideas for you! Books mentioned: The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra The Alchemist by Pa...

Do you feel heard and understood? Do you crave the kind of connection where someone really listens deeply to what you are saying as you share how you feel? How safe do you feel in your significant relationships to speak from your heart? As we go forth in doing our beautiful work it's essential to have spaces and connections where we can speak our truth. Do you assume others know what you need and...

Rachel Douglas of Richmond Virginia's Inner Work Center joins Laurel on the podcast to share her story and what's happening at the Inner Work Center that the RVA in which the community can partake. Rachel and Laurel talk about what mindfulness is, and how this practice can be a beautiful and gentle portal to beginning or continuing inner work. They also discuss the growing desire for individuals t...

Uncertainty, it can leave you feeling anxious, fearful or worried. It also can bring you to a place of openness, hopefulness, or positive anticipation. What would you prefer? And are you willing to do the work of transformation so that uncertainty no longer disables you? We hope to inspire you! The email to send questions to Laurel Boivin is laurel@fluxflowcoaching.com and for Laurel Holland - lau...

Enjoy this 12-minute guided meditation as you are led inward to develop awareness and sensitivity to your own energy. Your hands are a powerful place to focus on and with which to experience rapid conscious connection of what energy feels like inside and outside your body. Use this guided meditation daily and experiment and explore your own energy!  The email to send questions to Laurel Boivi...

What does "threading the light" mean? As we wrap up this sequence on energy here on the podcast, Bri McCorkell joins me to speak into her experience of energy as a child, a woman, and a practitioner and a very special way she's supporting women on their healing path. Light is another way to experience energy so this conversation brings us into another way of working with energy consciously. ...

Would you like to learn a technique that can help you heal from past emotional trauma? A way to feel empowered to shift your emotional state when you feel stuck? How about a way to rewrite the possibilities of how you show up in habitual patterns in a freer and more empowered manner?  Today we are discussing and describing Tapping, or Emotional Freedom Technique. This self-healing tool has be...

Why is it important to protect your energy? And how can you do this effectively and with ease? In order to live how you want, to create what you most want, and have the quality of relationships you desire, how you spend your energy is key. Your energy, your time and your attention are vital resources that make or break a good life. Laurel and Laurel talk about strategies to protect your energy and...

We wake up and there's more difficult global news to process - what do we do ? How do we manage emotionally and mentally to keep going, to feel of use to the world, and to deal with grief that accompanies the world's suffering? Laurel and Laurel talk support, strategy and ways to become clearer and more whole, despite the state of the world. They also talk the realities of what's good self-care wh...

  What is energy and how do we actually experience it?  An abundant resource, a tool for self-care, a way to live life better than before ... so many good things about becoming energy aware! What you can do with intention! And with your attention by focusing your energy and mind! It's incredible! We invite you to talk energy with us today as we share our personal stories of awakening to...

Do you have a hard time sharing your truth? Do you have a hard time identifying your truth? Do you struggle listening to others truth?  What does it mean to share your truth? We hope this podcast helps! We live in a culture where it's rare to be witnessed and heard fully and safely, so sharing our truth well is a prevalent problem for many individuals. I'm introducing you to Dr. Courtney...

Aging - a subject that can be fraught with conflicted feelings but so important for us to be able to speak and converse about easily and readily. There are so many negative messages, especially for women, in our culture about all the "bad" things about aging. There are indirect messages about all the losses that aging brings. We rarely focus in on the benefits of aging.  This podcast intends...